How to Design Personal Cards
You can easily design personal cards to give important contact information to your friends, family or associates. Personal cards provide you with a convenient way to share information and express your personal style. Design and print your personal cards from your home computer using your word processor and pre-packaged business card stock for a cost-effective way to keep your information up-to-date.
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Things You'll Need
- Plain paper
- Pen or pencil
- Personal computer
- Word processing program
- Clip art or photograph (optional)
- Decorative fonts (optional)
- Home printer
- Perforated business card stock
Instructions
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Use a piece of plain paper and a pen or pencil to sketch out the idea for the design of your personal card. Write down important information that you want to include on the card such as your full name, contact numbers, email address and website address. Also consider including addresses to social networking sites, such as Facebook, MySpace or Twitter.
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Open your word processing program and set up the layout for your personal card using the instructions included with the perforated business card stock. If no instructions are provided, measure the size of each card and create a table in your word processing program to duplicate the measurements.
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Import a photograph or clip art image that reflects your personal style or a specific hobby.
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Type your name across the top of the personal card in large type. Consider using a decorative yet easy to read font so that your name stands out on the card.
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Type in the personal information noted in Step 1 using clear fonts that are easy to read.
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Include a personal slogan or favorite quote at the bottom or on the back of your personal card for an extra touch.
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Load perforated card stock into your home printer and print your personal cards from your word processing program.
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Tips & Warnings
Reserve the use of color on personal cards to photographs or other graphics. Colored type can be somewhat difficult to read, especially in small type sizes.
Before printing your personal cards onto the perforated business card stock, test the alignment of your cards by using the test sheet provided with the business card stock or with a plain piece of paper. Make any adjustments to margins or alignment before printing your personal cards on the business card stock.
In place of a photograph or graphic image consider using your monogram to provide a focal point to your personal card.
Include your personal card in all of your personal mailings, such as holiday or birthday cards, and keep them with you in your purse or wallet in case you run into an old high school or college friend.
